[LargeFormat] A better way

[Rich Lahrson]

Hi Dave!

     That's a 50% savings.  Plus I'd consider running some tests for the
chemistry.  I'm not sure if the pro labs use replentishment type systems
or not.  If you have a steady amount of film to process and can develop
and working routine, you'll have the advantage of potentially less hassle
and faster turn around time to see the result.

Rich Lahrson
Berkeley, California
tripspud@transbay.net

"Hornford, Dave" wrote:

> Locally the small Agfa kits are $16 and will do 9 or 10 sheets (4x
> 35mm). I tend to shoot in blocks of 8, so I expect an average consumable
> cost of $2 per sheet. The local price of E6 is $4.
>
> I didn't price the Kodak kits -their capacity is much larger and I would
> have to store up my slides, negating any transitory $ savings.
>
> (Dave's photographic accounting rules: Deny or misstate all capital
> expenditures. Include consumables in the groceries - therefore
> photography is free. Similarity with accounting practices of major
> American corporations is merely coincidental)
>
> Dave Hornford
> "Where do you store the time you save?"
>    --- Anon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Les Newcomer [mailto:lnphoto@twmi.rr.com]
> Sent: August 7, 2002 8:53 PM
> To: largeformat@f32.net
> Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] A better way
>
> >
> >
> > As an experiment I tried Agfa's E6 kit, it was easy & quick & the
> > chemicals are cheap. The mistakes are mine.
> >
> >
> With my contract with the Detroit Water Dept, I have to give them a
> slide of each print. With the help of a Manfroto copy stand, bulk
> tungsten film a radio slave and a motordrive on my x-700 Minolta I can
> crank out about 400 prints an our.
>
> Getting them process has usually takes two days. I've often thought of
> processing it myself, but the Kodak E-6 kits were expensive if you
> didn't have a lot of through put and I could see having exhausted on kit
>
> and having 3 more rolls of film to do.  Then there was the mounting of
> 600 or so slides.  In the end I let them do it and I get some sleep.
>
> les
>
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